@eiramharas
Tommy Cash being that one point behind Israel is gonna haunt me for a while
@jamesjohnson8279
The fact that Erika’s mic had a pyro problem in the semi finals which caused the pyro to EXPLODE and we couldn’t hear it AT ALL in the TV feed is actually WILD. Surely the muted audience noise can’t be kept like that in the future…
@ar50000
Dear COCC, I want to hear the artists saying "thank you" at the end of their song. That's the best bit. Don't fade them down. I am not a lipreader.
@KureruElric
22:18 one big reason the win for ukraine is different is something you said earlier in this video: it’s not a “pity song”. ukraine was at war, was clearly the victim, and they sent a song with an upbeat tune and fast rap that was an ode to Kalush’s mother. it wasn’t trying to say “oh feel bad for us we’re in a rough spot” and instead became an anthem for ukraine’s strength. that’s why people rallied behind it so hard
@jaesummers417
Governments should not be allowed to pay for advertisements. Period.
@madnessoverload7824
As Overthinking Eurovision put it: the winner from now on will either be israel or the jury winner. Even for casual viewers with no interest in politics, this will get very boring very fast and the contest would lose most of its audience. Also, controversial take: we should bring the juries back to the semis. Someone pointed out that televote-only semis might actually hurt the chances of televote-friendly songs in the final, because they face more competition for those points.
@KathyClysm
Thank you for addressing that the audio broadcasted through the TV and the one press heared in the arena were very different - watching at home, the public vote made a lot of sense to me actually, a lot of fan favourites seemed just kind of... fine? Their energy did not transfer through the screen at all, and yet everyone who was there kept saying they could not understand the results of the public vote cause those artists were so so good. Clearly, the mix used for the broadcast sucked a lot of life out of a number of entries that could have done extremely well otherwise
@CoxaBranca
The graph at 16:14 on the countries that gave 12 points both years is statistically impossible. Never in history there have been 11 countries giving 12 points to the same country year-over-year. This alone should be cause for investigation and revamping of the system.
@AlmondLBD
The audience muting was the biggest issue with the contest this year. It robbed Bara Bada Bastu, Ich komme, and Serving of it's impact and you cannot tell me that it's not the reason Milkshake Man didn't qualify. They castrated the contest with that one move
@hippopotamusbosch
I predict the EBU will let this completely collapse before they do anything about this. It will take the withdrawal of several broadcasters or perhaps one of the big five for real reform. Eurovision World should start taking bets on the outcome.
@K-K-OE
Like lyrical mastermind Käärijä described this in Eurodab "one step forward, one step backward, nothing changes and it's messed up. When world is in fire and you are scared, few dabs are in order." Sadly this verse in finnish with eastern finnish dialect words was missing from his and Baby Lasagna's show. But I think it speaks volumes about the problems from the artists point of view. I wonder is this the way critisism needs to be sneaked in to Eurovision show, along face paintings, nails and wrist scarfs. Not my ESC this, anymore. I want the carneval back!
@pixie3050
I think having a 5 top ranking system would help, so even those who are voting out of spite have to give votes to others
@veeva99
I am genuinely convinced that if the audience wasn't as muted as it was, Gojo would have had a bigger chance of getting into the finale. The audience reaction and participation was kind of important to his performance, especially the "Sweet Sweet, Yum Yum" call and response.
@trwemoon4676
The moment we heard the host say "one hundred-" and every single soul in europe breathed out a sigh of relief. Definitely the most tense and stressful seconds in Eurovision history. Also... no iceberg video this year ?
@patrickdevlin491
I think the crowd muting was really bad for Australia. I had friends that went to the contest and said it was an absolute stand out and a really good vibe. On TV however the entire sweet sweet yum yum bit was muted and just made it feel awkward to watch and like he wasnt engaging with the crowd at all. Had this have been in the broadcast I think it would have qualified
@TheUmbravulpes
The ONLY Eurovision-related ad I got before the Finals was the Israel song. I got the ad so many times that I had to block it on YT and I STILL kept getting the ad. That sort of marketing of a song should not be allowed, no matter the country. I personally don't mind people televoting for their favourites several times. But flooding ads by a single contestant is not okay.
@electraheart4494
I believe that if the Netherlands hadn’t been disqualified last year, we would have had the same situation as this year. There were two public favourites, the Netherlands and Croatia, and the public votes would likely have been split between them. That would have allowed Israel to come first in the televote, just like this year, when the public votes were split between Estonia and Sweden.
@ianadam3393
i feel the worst for the artists competing, cuz they get less points than they deserve. they pour so much effort, hardwork, money and time in eurovision and they deserve to receive each and every point they wouldve gotten. if i was louane, erika, tommy cash or kaj i would be mad cuz another country stole points from me
@EarnestScribblr
I’ve been rewatching old Eurovisions this week to deal with the post-Eurovision depression, and I’d forgotten how prevalent (and vital!) the crowd noises were. For example, I’m currently on 2022 and it just sounds so much more…ALIVE compared to this year. Ugh.
@oriwhitedeer5762